General Information
- March 24-26, 2025
- $110/person for couple or group housing
- $150/person for private room (limited space available)
- $70/person for commuters
- $50/person for Tuesday only
- Early Arrival Option
- Arrive Sunday, March 23
- $10/person
- Includes breakfast Monday
Pastor Dave Ripper
Bio: Dave Ripper is the lead pastor of Crossway Christian Church, a multicongregational church in southern New Hampshire, focused on spiritual formation. He earned a doctor of ministry in spiritual direction from Fuller Theological Seminary and The Martin Institute for Christianity and Culture and Dallas Willard Research Center at Westmont College. He is coauthor of The Fellowship of the Suffering and serves as the chaplain for the Boston Bruins. Dave and his wife, Erin, a mental health therapist, have three children. They make their home in the woodlands of New England near Nashua, New Hampshire.
Conference Theme: Experiencing God through Scripture
What if God doesn’t want us to have a relationship with the Bible, but gave us the Bible so we can experience an ever-deepening relationship with him? Dallas Willard said, “Scripture is a communication that establishes communion and opens the way to union, all in a way that is perfectly understandable once we begin to have experience of it.” Given this, we should not read the Bible simply to gain information, but to experience transformation. At this year’s retreat, we’re invited to learn to read Scripture experientially, so we may know God more. From the overflow of our experiential, interactive life with God, we teach and lead, minister and serve, with greater joy and spiritual power. Join us as pastor and author, Dave Ripper, teaches us to encounter God through Scripture, from his new book, Reading Scripture like Dallas Willard: Experiencing the Bible as an Apprentice of Jesus.
- Conference starts with lunch on Monday and ends with lunch on Wednesday
- 4 General Sessions with worship, teaching and more
- Vendor Hall on Tuesday
- Seminars
- Cornhole Tournament